Repository Replication Using NNTP and SMTP
Abstract
We present the results of a feasibility study using shared, existing, network-accessible infrastructure for repository replication. We investigate how dissemination of repository contents can be ``piggybacked'' on top of existing email and Usenet traffic. Long-term persistence of the replicated repository may be achieved thanks to current policies and procedures which ensure that mail messages and news posts are retrievable for evidentiary and other legal purposes for many years after the creation date. While the preservation issues of migration and emulation are not addressed with this approach, it does provide a simple method of refreshing content with unknown partners.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cs/0606008,
title = {Repository Replication Using NNTP and SMTP},
author = {Joan A. Smith and Martin Klein and Michael L. Nelson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0606008},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
This revised version has 24 figures and a more detailed discussion of the experiments conducted by us